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Why I stormed the Tate Modern in protest against violent men

On 13 June over 150 feminist activists mourned the murder and erasure of artist Ana Mendieta. We were there for our sisters who did not survive.

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Statements after the massacre at an Orlando LGBT nightclub

Solidarity with the LGBTQI community – Frida Mourning Orlando’s Loss from Kabul – Open Society India vigils in memory of Orlando shooting victims – Orinam End Hate, End Violence: GALANG Philippines’ Statement on the Orlando Shooting Massacre Mesahat Foundation Statement on Orlando Massacre.pdf ILGA Statement on Tragic Shooting in Orlando – ILGA The O Pakistan […]

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Remarkable analyses of the Orlando killings: A compilation

The mass shooting at the Pulse, the nightclub in Orlando, took over the media screens and pages on the third week of June 2016.  The tragedy has also been the subject of a series of very good analyses, which examine  its many intersections in  terms of sexual politics, the politics of religion, geopolitics, Islamophobia, masculinities […]

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Sexual politics in May 2016

As the Brazilian crisis continues unfolding it gets increasingly intricate with gender and sexuality politics. Read Sonia Corrêa and Fábio Grotz report on what happened in May and the first days of June. A financial crisis is underway at the Inter-American Human Rights System. The Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) announced the loss of 40% […]

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UN Human Rights mandate on SOGI

At the UN Human Rights Council the LAC Group 5 – formed by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay – announced the decision to submit to the Council a resolution proposing the creation of the mandate of an independent expert to discuss violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI-OSIG). The proposal […]

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SRI calls for political and legal framing that recognizes full range of sexual rights

The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is a coalition of organizations from Canada, Poland, India, Egypt, Argentina and South Africa that have been advocating together for the advancement of human rights related to gender, sexuality and reproduction at the UN Human Rights Council since 2006. We are committed to and strongly in support of rights related […]

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Brazil: The conservative restoration and sexual politics

It is not exactly to keep track of the Brazilian political development these days. On May 11th, the Brazilian Senate confirmed the admissibility of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, which had been approved by the House on April 17th.

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Call for papers: The Geographies of Bodies and Borders

The fourth issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research is calling for papers to be published in December 2016. In addition to research articles, it welcomes opinion pieces, testimonies, essays, interviews, literary pieces, other texts, and visual and audiovisual material. The deadline is July 4, 2016. For this issue of Kohl, the […]

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Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence

Two different protests, two different countries, but the same continent and the same cause: violence against women in “macho” Latin America.

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Brasiliana’s new edition on the politics of violence and securitization in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

New double issue of Brasiliana, edited by Paul Amar, is out. It addresses the politics of violence and securitization in Rio de Janeiro. Click here to access it.

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‘Illegal, but they’re everywhere’: How women help other women get abortions

In Indonesia, where abortion is illegal, many women undergo unsafe abortions putting their lives at risk. Other times, they are forced by doctors to engage in sexual intercourse in exchange for an abortion.

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Telling women to avoid pregnancy is not a solution for HIV and the Zika virus

To the development community on International Day of Action for Women’s Health: don’t curtail our rights by legitimising conservative religious ideologies.

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